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Southern Red Oak (Quercus Falcata) Native Growing Regions: Alabama Arkansas Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri New Jersey North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia

• Category: Dicot
• Genus: Quercus
• Family: Fagaceae
• Order: Fagales
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Tree
• Native Status: L48 (N)
• State T/E Status: OH (T) PA (E)
• State T/E Common Name: OH (Spanish oak) PA (southern red oak)
• National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU- FACU
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACU-) 2(FACU-) 3(FACU) 6(FACU)
• Active Growth Period: Spring and Summer
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• C:N Ratio: High
• Coppice Potential: No
• Fall Conspicuous: Yes
• Fire Resistance: No
• Flower Color: Yellow
• Flower Conspicuous: No
• Foliage Color: Green
• Foliage Porosity Summer: Dense
• Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous
• Foliage Texture: Coarse
• Fruit/Seed Color: Brown
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No
• Growth Form: Single Stem
• Growth Rate: Slow
• Height at 20 Years Maximum (feet): 35
• Height Mature (feet): 100
• Leaf Retention: No
• Lifespan: Long
• Low Growing Grass: No
• Resprout Ability: Yes
• Shape and Orientation: Erect
• Toxicity: None
• Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
• Anaerobic Tolerance: None
• CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium
• Cold Stratification Required: Yes
• Drought Tolerance: High
• Fertility Requirement: Medium
• Fire Tolerance: Low
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 175
• Hedge Tolerance: None
• Moisture Use: Medium
• pH (Minimum): 4.8
• pH (Maximum): 7
• Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 300
• Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 800
• Precipitation (Minimum): 35
• Precipitation (Maximum): 50
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 36
• Salinity Tolerance: None
• Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
• Temperature Minimum (°F): -13
• Bloom Period: Mid Spring
• Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
• Fruit/Seed Abundance: Medium
• Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
• Fruit/Seed Period End: Fall
• Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
• Propagated by Bare Root: Yes
• Propagated by Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: Yes
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: No
• Propagated by Seed: Yes
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: No
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed per Pound: 540
• Seed Spread Rate: Slow
• Seedling Vigor: Low
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: None

Southern Red Oak (Quercus Falcata)

Quercus Falcata, or more commonly know as Southern Red Oak, is a tree with green foliage and yellow flowers of the genus Quercus. It has a slow growth rate and a height of 100 feet at maturity. It’s duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It’s active growth period is spring and summer, blooms during mid spring and is somewhat tolerant of shade. Quercus Falcata or Southern Red Oak‘s floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

Tags: Dicot, Fagaceae, Fagales, Green, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Perennial, Quercus, Single Stem, Slow, Tree

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